Jayne spent her childhood on a Cumbrian dairy farm and now finds her inspiration within the agricultural and countryside environment.
The use of bold, flowing line, capturing the essence of the subject is the hallmark of her work. Whether sketching pedigree livestock or native wildlife, simplicity, motion and life are portrayed in her unique and impressionistic style.
Jane has been an artist for over 30 years, having been taught by renowned artist Christopher Fiddes at Northampton High School for Girls, then gaining a Diploma in Foundation Studies at Northampton School for Art, a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from Loughborough College of Art and Design, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Printmaking from Wimbledon School of Art.
Her artwork often reflects and celebrates her love of nature, animals and the natural world, exploring human and animal figures and the landscape. Her studio wood and linocut prints use the formal limitations of the block to explore, express and celebrate, a personal relationship with the natural world.
Her voluntary work in the Arts sector includes working with pupils and staff at Newbridge Primary School, Bath to create the Millennium and Golden Tapestries and a number of wall murals.
I am an artist/designer and illustrator producing paintings for exhibitions and illustrations to commission. I am excited by colour, and landscape.
A long established and versatile artist, a painter and skilled draughtsman. His most notable work is at first sight abstract but strongly rooted in the stories of particular places and times.
Excited by the GoHerdwick project, he’s already got a shedful of ideas but what he’d like to do is share ideas with sponsors and take up the challenge of trying to realise them.
Jean and Liz are both active members of Ambleside & District Art Society and sell their work through Gallery 2 in Windermere and at local exhibitions. They paint in most media and in a variety of styles and subjects, Liz being especially known for her charcoal images of Herdwick sheep and Jean for her stylised Lakeland landscapes and flower paintings.
A draft design is currently being worked on but will include images of a Lakeland packhorse bridge, dry stone wall, beck, trees and maybe a waterfall plus flowers to fill in the gaps. This will be sent after approval of the sponsor, Mr W Dines at Gallery 2, Beech St, Windermere.
I worked for 23 years in the design and brand identity industry in London, taking my MA in Fine Art at Central St Martins in 2006. I returned to the lakes in 2009 and have continued to exhibit and sell nationally and internationally, and develop new work. The florals of the traditional china at Sharrow Bay suit my work, so it’s a marriage made in heaven.
I’ve been a full time artist since leaving art school in Manchester in 1986. I’m best known for my paintings of urban landscapes, usually of Manchester and the North West of England, but also of New York and other cities.
I’ve had some high profile exhibitions including one of the opening exhibitions at the Lowry in Salford in 2000, and at Manchester Art gallery in 2006. In 2005 I was the subject of a 30 min documentary on the BBC: Liam Spencer – A Picture of Manchester.
Karen has been working with various media for around 25 years, finding inspiration from a variety of sources, particularly the landscape, both natural and manmade.
It was only recently that she followed her dream to formally train to pursue a career in art. She took a Foundation Degree in Drawing with Cumbria University at Kendal College in 2011, where she developed her interest in printmaking. Over the years her work has been exhibited at galleries and venues throughout Lancashire and Cumbria and she now also teaches art in Adult Education classes as well as for private groups and individuals
Influenced by the the connections that Cumbria enjoys with China and the many visitors to Bowness and Windermere, one of her sheep draws on Chinese art and symbols in recognition of the many Chinese visitors to Bowness and Windermere. Her other sheep will be painted blue as a reference to water and in particular Lake Windermere and will contain transferred images relating to the Cruise boats and sailing on this lovely lake.
As an Adventure Learning School, with a passion for the outdoors, the younger children of Windermere school have been really excited about getting involved in such a worthwhile cause. After so much wet weather, the children’s inspiration has come from the colourful world of the Rainforest and the fantastic creatures that live there.
